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Introduction
Hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021, President Biden signed 17 executive actions covering a wide range of issues, including several focused on discrimination and racial justice, immigration, and environmental justice. Broadly speaking, and as summarized more fully below, the Biden Administration’s executive orders, memorandums and proclamations have revoked a range of Trump Administration orders and policies and underscore the new Administration’s intention to prioritize a comprehensive set of policies intended to enhance diversity and equity. One executive order, for example, directs all agency heads to affirmatively advance racial equity, while another embraces an expanded interpretation of Title VII that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The legislation aims to keep Pennsylvanians in their home by:
Providing legal and financial help
Extending the state ban on evictions 60 days after the emergency declaration
Providing payment plans and limiting late fees
Expunging eviction records
Helping homeless veterans and students
Reforming renting practices at mobile home lots
How federal housing stimulus will impact PA
Democratic lawmakers said they also expect the $852 million in federal housing aid to Pennsylvania, which was passed in the second stimulus package last month, to be distributed more smoothly this time.
There were serious problems with the first distribution last spring, according to Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, a Democrat from Philadelphia.
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